TRANSFORMATION BOOKS. - [Dean's Moveable Books The History of how Ned Nimble built his cottage. London: Dean & Son, ?1859]. Large 8° (245 x 161mm.). 8 hand-coloured plates with moveable sections, each with letterpress text beneath (some damage). Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (scuffed and slightly soiled). ?16th thousand; [Tommy Trot and his loves. London: Dean & Son, ?1861]. Large 8° (245 x 152mm.). 8 hand-coloured plates, distorted for viewing through a 'glass' (now lacking), each with letterpress description beneath. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (tear to pocket at front which contained the 'glass'). ?8th thousand; [Dean's New Book of Dissolving Views. London: Dean & Son, ?1860]. 4° (266 x 185mm.). 6 (?of 8) hand-coloured transformation plates (some damage). Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (covers worn). ?4th thousand. - With an imperfect copy of another of the Dean's Movable Books series. (4)

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TRANSFORMATION BOOKS. - [Dean's Moveable Books The History of how Ned Nimble built his cottage. London: Dean & Son, ?1859]. Large 8° (245 x 161mm.). 8 hand-coloured plates with moveable sections, each with letterpress text beneath (some damage). Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (scuffed and slightly soiled). ?16th thousand; [Tommy Trot and his loves. London: Dean & Son, ?1861]. Large 8° (245 x 152mm.). 8 hand-coloured plates, distorted for viewing through a 'glass' (now lacking), each with letterpress description beneath. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (tear to pocket at front which contained the 'glass'). ?8th thousand; [Dean's New Book of Dissolving Views. London: Dean & Son, ?1860]. 4° (266 x 185mm.). 6 (?of 8) hand-coloured transformation plates (some damage). Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (covers worn). ?4th thousand. - With an imperfect copy of another of the Dean's Movable Books series. (4)

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